Piston packing



Oct. 20, 1931. s. v. PANYARD 1,827,903

PISTON PACKING Filed Jan; 15, 1950 TOR;

. yard INVEN Geo Jo Z Zn? 0 07 WW Patented a. 20, 1931 euoaenm PANIYAIIRDVOF: MUsKEeon, MICHIGAN; f i A PISTON PACK NG" 1 Ab 'ii'auoii filed Ilanuary 15, 193o; aa1 1 a 420,829. v I

14 and 16, each of which is substantially tri Y y invention relates to piston packing and has pa'rticular reference to that specie which 7 is commonly termed a piston ring and is'utiliz 'ed 'nlconjunction with the pistons of interj nal combustionen gines; V

Anobj'ect'isfto provide piston packing of such a characterthatit will function automatically during the reciprocation of the pis- 1 tofnin the-cylinder to take up for wear, which willeflfectively serve to seal the jointfo'rmed with the side walls of the packing groove in the piston, as well asthewall of the cylinder. Still another object to so correlate the elements comprising my piston packing that the assenibly as'a'wl ole is deformable and thus, prevent thepossibility of the packing v freezing in the groove and thereby failing tofunctionpr'operly;

. jMore specifically, I provide apluralityi of I V till'lother objects and meritorious features of my invention-will become apparent from the following descriptiontakenrinconjunction withthe drawings wherein like numerals figures and wherein: I v r Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a single cylinder embodying my-piston packing assembly seated in the groove of aconventional piston,

Figi 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the assembly, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional elevations ofmodified forms.

In Fig. 1 the numeral 10 represents the cyl- V inder wall of a conventional internal com-j bustion englne, in which is mounted for reciprocating movement the piston 12.

My packing, or piston ring assembly, is

' composed of a plurality of split ring sections split cooperative ring sectionswhich are held outwardly' against' the sidewalls, or lands, cf,

true} degree angle refer 5 to like parts throughout the several angular in cross section. I v

' In my preferred embodiment as illustrated in Fig. Qfiit willbe noted that,the lower tri angular section 16-is substantially of alright triangular'shape'. The two legs thereof, 18 and 20, form a rightangle while the hypot-enus'e 22 isia'straight edge. r

' On the other, hand, it"will*be noted. that the upper triangular section'14 differs from the other section several'res'pe'cts: The hypotenuse 24 of this upper section is some: what" curved for the'purpo'seof permitting it to rock upon the straight edge vhy p'oter'iuse 22. Each'of the -legs QG and 28 of the upper section 14 is a straightyedge, but it "will be noted that the apex angle-between the two legsi28 and 26 is slightlylessfthan a right angle." 1.,

A follower spring 3Ofis seated the piston groove'and normally tends to urge: the lower section 16 outwardly "in a radial direction with respect to the piston. However,-; inas; much as theupper section14 is'freef to rock upon the straight edge hypotenuse 220i? the l'ow'er section l6,this aforesaidputward radial forceis' divided into' alfplurality of "component forces, one of which tends to. urgethegupper' section 14 againstthe side'wall'of the cylin'; der 10,=the' other of which tends to urge the section 14 upwardly against the'upper land" groove of the'piston'i 1 "As already stated, each of the triangular ringse 'ctions is split at'some point onfits circumference,'as clearlyfindicated at 32 and 34inFig.1.l Y virtue of the fact that the apex angle of the upper triangle'section"14 is less than a'right angle it is immaterial whether or not the upper land groove of the piston' for'ms a truef right angle" with the cylinder wall '10 or. not. The upper'sectionbeing'free to rock'- about it's relatively fixed lower section,"it will conform to any slight deviation from the true right" aiiglewhich ma ez rist between the said land groove andfcylinder' wallif 'lnjFigsfiandftl have illustrated Various" pa fi ai ns. Ofmy pee ed t u e- I 3 w be nol edjith i th hy'pb n se3 of the lower section is curved and thatthe I hypotenuse 38 of the upper section, constitutes a straight edge. This is simply a re verse of the structure shown in Fig, 2 and the operation of the tWo members with respect to one another is obviously the same.

In Fig. 4 each of the hypotenuses 40 and 42 arecurved, r I i It will benjted that this adaptabilityof my ring assembly to conform to varying an gles between the cylinder wall and the piston groove lands removes the. necessity V of run".

ning in theengine for a considerable period of tlme W1th the greatest degree of care, be-

cause the ring is free'to'flex and seat immewall lubricatorat alltirnes, thereby preventing adry or squeaky motor. 3 p

Of course, this oil pocket 44, occurson the lower, or downward, side of the assembly only, A tight joint is essential between the piston ring and theupperland groove in order to maintainhigh compression in the upper part of the cylinder.

Various other modifications may ent to those skilled in the art, and i for that reason I intend to limit 'myself only within 1 thescope ofthe appended claims. j

I claim: 1

r In piston packing,iai piston having grooveforpacking, and a pair of cooperating generally triangular split 'ring sections mountediwithin said groove forming in combination a ring substantially rectangular in' ing split ring sections mounted-within said.

cross section, said sections having angular meeting facesformed on dlssimilar anglesarranged along a; diagonal of said rectangle and groove having angular meeting faces formed ondissimilar angles and engaged along a line substantially midway the r inner and outer edges only whereby one sectlon s rockably supported upon the other Within the groove 3. In'piston; packing, a piston having a groove for packing, and a pair of cooperat groove, one ring section having, a beveled face contacting' an arcuate face formed on theother-ringsection, i a r 4, In piston packing, a pistonhaving a groove'for packing, and apalr of cooperatmg generallytriangular split ring sections: mi W h Seafa ersar n i a e be pp bination a ring substantially rectangular in cross section, said ring sections having contacting faces rockably engaged only along a lineintermediat-e their inner and outer edges and spaced apart adjacent both said edges.

5. Piston packing comprising a plurality of concentric split rings having adjacent peripheral edge surfaces in rockablef contact with one another, each ring being of substantially triangular cross section, the rockable contacting faceofone ring section against the other being curved, and means for exerting outward pressure upon said packing.

6. Piston packing comprising a plurality of" concentric split rings forming a substantial rectangle in cross section, each ring be ing substantially triangular inrcross section, said ringscontacting along'the diagonal of the rectangle at a single intermediate point only and being-spaced apartat said diagonal adjacent the cylinder Wall engaging faces.

v 7. A piston packing comprising two substantially right triangular ring sections having their hypotenuses inopposed contacting relation, oneof said hypotenuses being slightly curved to permit rocking motion with respectto the other. j

8. A piston packing comprising, two substantially right triangular ring sections hav: ing their hypotenuses in opposed contacting relation, one ofs'aid hypotenuses being slightly curved, the apex oflthe: outer ring being slightly less than $0 degrees." 9,. A piston pack'ng comprising two sub-' stantially righttri'angnlar ring sections havtheir hypotenuses opposedfcontactingrelation, one of said hypotenuses being slightly curved, the apex angle ofthe outerring being slightly less than 90 degrees, and means normally urging the packing assembly outwardly.fl

10. In combination Witli'a pistonhavinga peripheral groove, a packing within's'aid groove comprising an outer and inner ring substantially triangular in cross sectionwithi this hypotenuse in opposed contactingrela tion and rockable with respect to each other, the apex angle of the outerring being slight; ly less than 90 degrees-and one legthereof being adapted to seatagainstacylinder wall, the adjacent leg of the" inner ring being adapted to seat against one land ofthe pe-- ripheral groove. i i

In testimony whereof, I, Gnonen v V. 'PAna YARD, sign this'specification.

GEORGE v, PA YARU, 

